England comfortably beat a Rajasthan Cricket Association XI by 144 runs in their ICC Champions Trophy warm up match today.

Bell (53), Flintoff (59) and Dalrymple (79*) were the stars with the bat. Jimmy Anderson had a good return from injury picking up 2-29, ably assisted by Mahmood 3-22 and Dalrymple 2-29.

However the most pleasing thing for me was to see Michael Yardy scoring 44 and bowling a tight spell (1-17 off 6 overs). This should mean that he plays on Sunday against India. Fantastic! There’s something about the way Michael Holding says his name that makes me chuckle.

Tags : England, Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy, Michael Yardy, Michael Holding